title: The prevention and reduction of postpartum complications: Orem's model.
abstract: This study was conducted using Orem's self-care model to investigate its impact on the reduction and prevention of women's postpartum complications. One group of 63 women was included in the study in which a pretest and posttest quasi-experimental method was used. For analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, dependent groups t test, and McNemar test were applied, 24 different nursing diagnoses were made. Self-care agency pretest mean score was 97.13 ± 17.20, posttest mean score was 114.44 ± 13.72, and the difference was statistically significant (p < .001). The study found that the care given to women in the postpartum period using Orem's self-care model prevented postpartum complications and increased the self-care agency of postpartum women.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Evsen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nazik
authors.forename: Gülsen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eryilmaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D049590:Postpartum Period; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Orem; nursing care; nursing diagnosis; postpartum complications; self-care model